Eliminating discrimination against women in economic and social life with a focus on economic crisis 2014, para. 89

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Original document
Document type
  • Rapport des procédures spéciales
Paragraph text

A disproportionate amount of unpaid care work falls on women, limiting women's capacity to engage in paid work. This is evidenced in empirical studies which show that women, whether or not they are in paid employment, spend between twice to four times the amount of hours on care functions than do men. Up to 90 per cent of home care due to illness is performed by women and girls.

Document legal status
  • Droit souple non-négocié
Document body
  • Procédures Spéciales: Groupe de travail sur la discrimination à l’égard des femmes et des filles
Document means of adoption
  • S/O
Thèmes
  • Droits & devoirs économiques
  • Égalité & Inclusion
  • Genre
  • Santé
Personnes concernées
  • Femmes
  • Filles
Document year
  • 2014
Type de paragraphe
Autre
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/39, para. 89.
Paragraph number
89